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causticusI usually don't weigh in on mundane politics or timely new cycle happenings in general. But there's one hot button issue (person, actually) that I feel I need to briefly jot down my impressions on. It's regarding "Democratic Socialist" upstart Alexandria Ocasiso-Cortez (AOC). She seems to have been getting a seemingly-endless amount of free media attention ever since she first won that freak/fluke primary election in NYC and especially now that's she officially in congress. Of course there's going to be an esoteric spin thrown in here.
As we all know, AOC has become quite the meme as of late. The more psychic energy people keep feeding into her personage, the more her memetic presence grows and thus the more her psychic power levels expand outward. Her brand is what we would call an "egregore" in Occult lingo. An egregore is a sort of collective thought form that may eventually take on a life of its own, so to speak. This is literally how gods and goddesses are created.
On a more mundane level, I would wager that AOC is a lot smarter than how she lets on in interviews (endless daffy-sounding gaffes). And she may or may not have read Art of the Deal. After all, she is now the Left's version of Trump and her trolling A-game is pretty effective for such a young upstart. She seems to have a bit of the trickster archetype in her as well.
Easily-outraged people on the right (yeah, it's not just the left) need to tread carefully with her; the more attention she's continually fed, the bigger and bigger her brand grows. Remember that bad publicity is good publicity. But on a more positive note, we should realize that she may become her own worst enemy and become too bold and overconfident with her radical positions that certainly piss off corporate establishment Dems. If she defiantly refuses to kiss the ring she just might be out on her ass in two years. The more likely outcome however is that she gets a few potent tastes of power and quickly makes a point of coming back for more. She will sell out to the corporate Dem establishment; to the point where her "socialism" becomes little more than a fashion accessory. The establishment will basically use her in an attempt to patch up their own godawful branding problems. She sure has that idiotic youthful millennial appeal; there's no doubt about that.
But yeah, AOC has become a meme. Good thing there's probably nothing in the way of magicians at DNC HQ. Politics in general is a muggle realm.
As we all know, AOC has become quite the meme as of late. The more psychic energy people keep feeding into her personage, the more her memetic presence grows and thus the more her psychic power levels expand outward. Her brand is what we would call an "egregore" in Occult lingo. An egregore is a sort of collective thought form that may eventually take on a life of its own, so to speak. This is literally how gods and goddesses are created.
On a more mundane level, I would wager that AOC is a lot smarter than how she lets on in interviews (endless daffy-sounding gaffes). And she may or may not have read Art of the Deal. After all, she is now the Left's version of Trump and her trolling A-game is pretty effective for such a young upstart. She seems to have a bit of the trickster archetype in her as well.
Easily-outraged people on the right (yeah, it's not just the left) need to tread carefully with her; the more attention she's continually fed, the bigger and bigger her brand grows. Remember that bad publicity is good publicity. But on a more positive note, we should realize that she may become her own worst enemy and become too bold and overconfident with her radical positions that certainly piss off corporate establishment Dems. If she defiantly refuses to kiss the ring she just might be out on her ass in two years. The more likely outcome however is that she gets a few potent tastes of power and quickly makes a point of coming back for more. She will sell out to the corporate Dem establishment; to the point where her "socialism" becomes little more than a fashion accessory. The establishment will basically use her in an attempt to patch up their own godawful branding problems. She sure has that idiotic youthful millennial appeal; there's no doubt about that.
But yeah, AOC has become a meme. Good thing there's probably nothing in the way of magicians at DNC HQ. Politics in general is a muggle realm.
